Improvement in folding covers for sewing-machines



S. MORRIS. Folding-Covers fnrrSewng-Machines. N0.|5|,v503. PatentedJune2J874.

UNITED STATES ern SHELDEN MORRIS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING COVERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming fait of Letters Patent No. 15L503, dated June 2, 1874 application Iiled March 27, IS7/1.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, SHELDEN MORRIS, of Indianapolis, Indiana, have invented a Folding Half-Oase or Folding Oover for a Sewing- Maehine, of which the following is a specifica tion:

The object of iny invention is to cover a sewing-machine with a wooden case which folds, and is brought to a level with the table A, and forms an extension-table thereon.

Figure l is a sectional view taken on a vertical line lthrough the center of iny device. Fig. 2 is a top view of the ease when folded down, forming the extension-table. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the front, showing where it separates, and the means of securing the saine at the rabbet-joint in the niiddle, when covering the machine.

A is the platform-table, to which the machine may be fastened. B B is the front of the cover, which separates in the middle into two pieces, as shown in Fig. 3, and is secured in place by the catch I), the dowel a in the dewelniortise a', and folds with the hinges d d, (seen in Fig. 1,) and rests against the pin c, Fig. O O are the two ends, folded, by the hinges (I d, beneath the front pieces B B, Fig. 2, onto the platform-table A. D is the back, when down, in Fig. 2, resting upon the offset F, and

forms the back of the case when in position for covering the machine, as seen in Fig. l, at D. E is the top of the ease, and folds downward by the hinges (l d, and rests partly upon the baek D, and partly upon the platform-table A when down. F is the offset, Fig. l, which supports the back D, the folded ends O O, front pieces B B, and the top E. dowel at the lower ri ght-hand half of the front B on a line with the inner rabbet projection. a is the dowel-lnortise on the lower left-hand half of the front B, which receives the dowel ce. bis the catch which holds the upper right hand half ot' the front B in position. c o are pins which hold the front and ends from niovin g farther inward. rlhey prevent strain upon the brass hinges d d.

What I claini, and desire to secure by Letters `Patent, is-

The combination of the back D, the sides O O, top E, and the front B, formed in two parts, as shown, the parts being arranged and adapted to fold back upon the table-top to forni an extension thereof, as and for the purpose specified.

SHELDEN MORRIS.

Witnesses:

Wmo-HT GURTIss, R. FARNHAM.

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